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Submission + - A Guide for Using SOPA & PIPA to Kill Scientif (huffingtonpost.com)

Submitted by mwolfam on Friday January 13, 2012 @06:45PM

mwolfam writes: Simply put, The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) currently under development in Congress will provide a rapid way to sentence websites to death without the need for pesky things like trials and juries. Much to the surprise of nobody who understands how the Internet works, these two Acts will have absolutely no effect on digital piracy, but they will create an environment where freedom of speech could be severely curtailed, large companies can execute competitors, and scientific data can be hidden from the public.

Submission + - Negative Irreproducible Tweets for Science Publish (huffingtonpost.com) 2

Submitted by mwolfam on Friday January 06, 2012 @12:35PM

mwolfam writes: Every scientist has at least one paper or graph tucked in a folder that lies in a dusty corner of the hard drive next to that dancing baby that used to be all the rage. The data is interesting, but doesn't lend itself to the creation of the grand narrative you must have for a traditional publication. It's time to expand traditional scientific publication to include a place for the data that normally falls through the cracks: short but interesting bits of data, negative results, and irreproducible results

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